*Brighter Future: To be heard. To be seen. To be free.* *November 7, 2019 – January 11, 2020 at ARTS at King Street Station*Opening reception Thursday, November 7, 2019, 5 – 7 p.m. Hello Friends – Please join us for the opening reception for *Brighter Future: To be heard. To be seen. To be free. *(Nov. 7, 2019 - Jan. 11, 2020) an exhibition at ARTS at King Street Station. The exhibition features artworks created by more than 50 local artists of color reflecting on freedom and is organized by the Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery (EHAG) Board. It can feel impossible to move forward — to move beyond mistrust of the “other” and into an era of freedom, openness, and expansion of the human spirit. When the people impacted most by institutional and structural injustice redefine the process ourselves, we get free. This exhibition arrives at a moment when so many have historically had, and continue to have, unequal access to the freedoms that have been promised to us. This exhibition is a temperature check — how artists of color, in and around Seattle, are responding to the current political climate. How can art engage and motivate people to participate? What visions do artists and their communities hold for a future grounded in freedom for all? Through an open call, all members of the Ethnic Artist Roster, plus artists of color from the general public, were invited to reflect on freedom. Everyone who responded is included in this exhibition. Brighter Future’s artists ask you to consider what it means to be heard, to be seen, and to be free. Event Information: Thursday, November 7, 2019, 5-7 p.m. Seattle, WA ARTS at King Street Station 303 S. Jackson St, Top Floor, Seattle, WA 98104 For more information about Ethnic Heritage Art Gallery: http://www.seattle.gov/ethnic-art-gallery